But an elderly woman who also got her P500 subsidy said she would use the money to buy rice.

Households that consume not over 100/kwh a month on electricity can get their P500 subsidy in any Landbank branch in Metro Manila – which was the pilot area of the “Katas ng VAT" subsidy program of the government.

The P2 billion funds for the “Katas ng VAT" program were taken from the earnings of the expanded value added tax from imported petroleum products. - GMANews.TV